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   "Ragnar"  wrote in message   
   news:24c12b2c-81be-4722-b0c5-3b38af78a44e@v4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...   
   On Nov 26, 2:30 pm, Brian  wrote:   
   > On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:33:50 -0800 (PST), Ragnar   
   >   
   >  wrote:   
   > >I agree, Wal-Mart sucks. The quality of their merchandise is shit   
   > >because it all comes from China and they treat their employees   
   > >especially women terribly. And as with most big box stores, they have   
   > >destroyed just about any small time competition that once existed.   
   >   
   > And people can choose whether or not they wish to shop there.   
   > obviously many people do.   
      
   When much of the local competition declines because big box stores   
   tend to blanket an area, you really don’t have as much choice as you   
   think,   
      
   Ragnar   
      
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   Exactly.   
      
   Then a few years after all the locals die off, they consolidate two or three   
   stores in to one super center located equa-distant, and they can make you   
   drive farther than you ever dreamed, just for a can of Chinese dog food.   
      
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